Originally Posted by
alphacentauri
What's wrong with no (0) pilots? We are already crashing aeroplanes semi regularly with 2-3 pilots on board, so long as the accident rate (level of safety) remains constant what difference does it make?
Unless you are advocating for a zero accident rate, which is an impossible dream for crewed operations,.....why are we setting the safety bar higher for uncrewed ops? (or less crewed ops)
Alpha
“We” are NOT crashing regularly! Safest couple of years in aviation history. But yes, sometimes but very very seldom accidents are caused by pilot error. Much more often accidents are prevented by pilot action! From my own experience as a pilot I wouldn’t putt my family in a pilotless aircraft. I have seen too many automation hick ups for that.